Photographing Women

PART I

Defining Features

Women come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Although they’re all equal, each woman is unique in her own way. Given that fact, it shouldn’t be difficult to imagine that there is really no one cookie-cutter way to photograph every single woman. You’ll have taller clients, shorter clients, clients who are broader than others, and clients who are thinner than others. You’ll be introduced to athletic subjects, as well as subjects with “softer” features. Some of your subjects will be younger than others; some will be older.

The point of this explanation is that even if you were to use the same light in the same position and power with different subjects, certain physical features will capture light differently. This section ...